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**DesignFox** · 01-08-2008, 03:20 PM

Quoth Kara View Post

On every single truck, they send several bags of store-brand cat food that I never need more than 1 of to replenish the shelf. It would seem the run on this stuff finally occurred, and for once the shelf was empty. And guess what they didn't send on my truck?

Isn't this always the way things work?

...The tag said "IAM DOG CHUNKS"

That is funny.

If I get bored, I do have a blade and a laser gun (okay, it's a handheld scanner. But it's technically a laser gun).

I used to love doing stock room duty at one of my old jobs...

**Gravekeeper** · 01-08-2008, 04:09 PM

Quoth Kara

Half a can of Mountain Dew AMP (again, why not drink the whole can? If you're going to consume it without paying, at least have the decency to finish it)

In the thief's defense, it IS Mountain Dew AMP. I'm impressed he managed to drink half to be honest... ><

**HawaiianShirts** · 01-08-2008, 04:18 PM

Forgive my ignorance, but is a Pickle-in-a-Bag exactly what it sounds like? A single pickle in a plastic bag? Is that something grocery stores sell? I'm confused.

Quoth Kara View Post

Thievery Most Foul

1 "C" cell Battery (out of a package of 4. I have to report the whole pack as Loss, so why not just take them all anyway?)

That was actually my first encounter with a shoplifted product when I started in retail. The EXACT same theft. I wonder if it was the same guy...

A customer with an accent I couldn't recognize wanted on "C" battery. Just one for a toy his kid just got. We sold them in packs of two, four, and six. He had a four-pack and asked me if we sold them individually. I told him that we did not, but that was not the answer he heard. Smiling very pleasantly, he told me he would just open the package and buy one, insisting that the managers would allow this. I stopped him and pointed out the two-pack and suggested he get that because it's only two and he'll probably use the second soon anyway if this is being used in a kid's toy. He seemed satisfied with that. After we closed, there was that four-pack, minus one battery, tucked behind the candy rack.

And a few months ago, I had some guy ask for a power adapter to connect a computer case fan. He'd lost his and just needed the adapter. We don't sell those individually--only with the case fans. I pointed this out to him and suggested that he could either get a whole new fan or walk across the parking lot to a little shop that sells those things individually (and several more little, hard-to-find components like that). He complained for several minutes, claiming it was ridiculous that we didn't have what he needed but we should because he's a valuable customer and so on. He finally left. The next morning, the guy opening the car audio department (which is next to computers) brought me a package he found. A computer case fan, minus the power adapter. Couldn't guess who swiped that one!

I think some people steal thinking that it only costs the company whatever is the value of the item stolen. They don't think that it makes more work for several employees. I'm sure they don't care either.

**Can I Help Your A$$?** · 01-08-2008, 05:05 PM

I debated letting it evolve a little more, but I have enough pets as it is and it was looking at me funny.

Quick educational comment:

You'd have to have TWO pickles-in-a-bag for evolution to occur. There is no evolution without sex. That is all.

**TheSnakeLady** · 01-08-2008, 05:33 PM

Quick educational comment:

You'd have to have TWO pickles-in-a-bag for evolution to occur. There is no evolution without sex. That is all.

I dunno, bacteria seem to manage ok. Evolution just happens -faster- when sex is involved.

**chops** · 01-08-2008, 08:34 PM

Quoth Gravekeeper View Post

In the thief's defense, it IS Mountain Dew AMP. I'm impressed he managed to drink half to be honest... ><

It's one of the few Mountain Dew products I absolutely can't stand. Gackh.

**~~Crazeyal~~** · 01-08-2008, 08:41 PM

Quoth Kara View Post

)IAM DOG CHUNKS

You don't understand..

CHUNKS IS MY DOG!!

**Chazzie** · 01-08-2008, 08:50 PM

IAM DOG CHUNKS

Funny at 4:30 in the afternoon, too. XD

**Freemage** · 01-08-2008, 09:00 PM

The theft items were probably all either: "I need just a few. That's not so bad, right?" sorts of rationalizations, or alternately were all the thief felt safe smuggling out the door. A few diapers can fit under a coat with no problem; a whole package would be a bit trickier.

**Irving Patrick Freleigh** · 01-08-2008, 10:31 PM

Irony

On every single truck, they send several bags of store-brand cat food that I never need more than 1 of to replenish the shelf. It would seem the run on this stuff finally occurred, and for once the shelf was empty. And guess what they didn't send on my truck?

Hehe

I was going to take a picture of this, but I was so tired when I got off that I forgot. I was stocking dog food last night and while trying to match the right SKU on a bag of Iam's chunky dog food, I read the product description on the shelf tag and went into a giggle fit. Maybe it's just the combination of stress and sleep deprivation, but it was pretty damn funny at 430 in the morning. The tag said "IAM DOG CHUNKS"

1. They must have been stocking up on that cat food for a special sale. At least it sold. On just about truck we get a shitload of Iams and that stuff doesn't sell very fast at all because it's so expensive.

2. Next time I work (Thursday) I'm checking the shelf to see if the label for Iams Dog Chunks is as humerous. I however, find it funny when a word on a shelf label is misspelled, like "bottel". It obvious means that the genius at corporate who decided what would go on the label is responsible for the error.

**Kara** · 01-08-2008, 10:35 PM

Quoth Gravekeeper View Post

In the thief's defense, it IS Mountain Dew AMP. I'm impressed he managed to drink half to be honest... ><

I've never tried it. If I'm going to spend 3 bucks on an energy drink, it might as well be Red Bull since I know it's guaranteed to work.

Quoth HawaiianShirts View Post

Forgive my ignorance, but is a Pickle-in-a-Bag exactly what it sounds like? A single pickle in a plastic bag? Is that something grocery stores sell? I'm confused.

That's exactly what it is. A dill pickle in a bag with some brine. Most grocery stores sell them around the Deli. One thing I heard about that is getting really popular (hasn't made it's way here yet) is the same thing with some grape Kool-Aid in the brine. Ick.

**karma_gypsy** · 01-08-2008, 10:48 PM

Quoth Kara View Post

One thing I heard about that is getting really popular (hasn't made it's way here yet) is the same thing with some grape Kool-Aid in the brine. Ick.

Sounds like one of those weird, odd pregnancy cravings....

**Listerfiend** · 01-08-2008, 10:48 PM

Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post

2. Next time I work (Thursday) I'm checking the shelf to see if the label for Iams Dog Chunks is as humerous. I however, find it funny when a word on a shelf label is misspelled, like "bottel". It obvious means that the genius at corporate who decided what would go on the label is responsible for the error.

I was once setting sale signs, and the ones for ivy bowls were misspelled as "1/2 off all ivy bowels."

**HawaiianShirts** · 01-09-2008, 04:43 AM

Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post

I however, find it funny when a word on a shelf label is misspelled, like "bottel". It obvious means that the genius at corporate who decided what would go on the label is responsible for the error.

We've been getting that lately, too. Somebody at corporate has a habit of using -or instead of -er at the end of words, so we see tags with stuff like "travelor," "adaptor," and the one I found today, "burnor."

I'll bet we could make a whole Cursing Out Co-Workers thread about misspellings and misinformation on price tags.

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